Untangling bureau data, with Dillon Harindiran (Slipstream)

<p>Last week I compared credit bureaus to city walls, defensive structures that, because they’re solid and immovable, can keep the riskiest of customers out, but, also because they’re solid and immovable, can’t always let all the good customers in. Today, we look at those walls from the inside, and it turns out, their design is keeping some defenders out, too. </p><br><p><br></p><p>Let’s say the first step is too high for some to step up onto. Am I stretching this metaphor too far? Possibly. The idea is that lenders and their data are the defenders, and that the process to bring new lenders onto a credit bureau is flawed. Now, if you’re sticking with me, you can think of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/harindiran/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dillion Harindiran</a> and his co-founders at <a href="https://oneslipstream.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Slipstream </a>are building ladders, allowing more defenders to get to the top where they can be useful.</p><br><p><br></p><p>Or, in sensible adult language, Slipstream have built a single, simple API that allows lenders of all sizes - they count start-ups, unicorns, and household names among their early customers - to connect to the three major UK credit bureaus simultaneously, hyperfast and with minimal effort.</p><br><p><br></p><p>You can find Slipstream at: https://oneslipstream.com/</p><br><p><br></p><p>You can find Dillion on LinkedIn at <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/harindiran/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/harindiran/</a></p><br><p><br></p><p>Or just arrange to speak to him in person via <a href="https://calendly.com/dillon" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://calendly.com/dillon</a> . You can also read how he and the team got their cool Calendly links over here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/harindiran_allof-slipstreamsco-founders-have-a-calendlycom-activity-7051568664638021632-51tN?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop)</p><br><p><br></p><p>You can learn